The junk yard look

I have found that Artists pastels (earth tones) and water color or artist oils (again earth tones) paints also work very well for weathering.  I have heard about the rustall,  but have not had the chance to try it yet.  when using the pastels,  I scrape them with a razor   to get a fine power,  and apply it with a paint brush, Q-tip,  or even just your finger,  afterwards seal it with dull coat.

Thats my two cents for what its worth.

I can see it on the dozer blade and the ripper spade. Looks good. I like the scratch cage over cab!

I was thought you might have done layers and sanded through them. It looks good.

I did something similar when I built AMT's dozer except I was heavier with the sand paper. I did an undercoat of silver then painted the Cat yellow over the top and sanded off a lot of the yellow to give it that dirt polished metal look. Worked well for me, obviously works well for old cars too.

Thank you for your kind words.
It's simply thin layers of different colors sprayed on by spray can aerosol paint. Then wet sanded down in key areas to expose the different color layers. The chrome was given a wash of black then tan to dull and oxidize the surface.
The interior was covered in tissue paper and torn and worn in specific ways and areas to look like old worn seat covers and headliner.

mrfixit wrote the following 09-28-2007 4:56 AM:
. . . After i'm finished with it i will send you a pix of it.

Hey mrfixit, you can post the pictures of your model here in the forums as a build WIP if you'd like.

SprueOne wrote:

This Ford looks like it can still drive but old and ... If this is the look you are looking for, I can describe the steps for you.

 

Wow, this is really nice too. I'd be interested in seeing how you did this.

  Sorry it took so long to get back to you but this is what i was looking for. I like the way the interior looks also. I would like any help that you can give me. After i'm finished with it i will send you a pix of it.

Thanks

Jerry 

daveinthehat wrote:

Are you looking to do something like this?

Wow, nice work.
The tires really caught my eye, very accurate looking. Very scale.

This Ford looks like it can still drive but old and ...







If this is the look you are looking for, I can describe the steps for you.

daveinthehat wrote:

Are you looking to do something like this? I put a short 'how-to' on my Fotki page: http://journals.fotki.com/DaveInTheHat/ If you want really heavy rust you can use rust from Sophisticated Finishes. It's available at most craft stores. http://www.patina.com/index.html

 

What a piece of junk 

 

 

Very nicely done, as hard as it is to get a perfect mirror finish I think it is even harder to make a convincing rust bucket. The cracked rubber on the tires is a nice touch.

Are you looking to do something like this?

I put a short 'how-to' on my Fotki page: http://journals.fotki.com/DaveInTheHat/

If you want really heavy rust you can use rust from Sophisticated Finishes. It's available at most craft stores. http://www.patina.com/index.html

 

Good reply, actually.......if there ever was a type of vehicle that cops a massive amount of abuse and weathering, it's armor.
Ask the guys on the armor forum....they do some pretty amazing work - I'm sure that you'll get lots of great ideas from them.

Come see us over in the "Armor" section and we'll give you all the help on weathering you need! No gloss paints here!